Katter's Australian Party

Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is a right-wing populist political party in Australia which was founded on 27 September 2011 by Nationals MP Bob Katter. The party had its main base of support in Queensland, and it opposed the carbon tax, supported alternative energy, sought to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, sought to promote the government use and funding of Australian products, supported economic protectionism, opposed the granting of 457 visas to foreign workers, sought the construction of new dams for irrigation and hydro-electricity generation, opposed corporate monopolization, supported the government provision of essential services, and supported whistleblowers. While Katter himself was a staunch conservative, the party was not primarily focused on social conservatism (arguing that social issues were to be decided by the social conscience of party members), instead focusing on economics. Much of the party's stances echoed the views of the 1950s Australian Labor Party under Katter's father Bob Katter Sr..